NRS 484C.392 - Sobriety and drug monitoring program: Establishment; political subdivision may participate; core components; requirements.

NV Rev Stat § 484C.392 (2019) (N/A)

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1. There is hereby established a statewide sobriety and drug monitoring program in which any political subdivision in this State may elect to participate.

2. The core components of the program must include the use of a primary testing methodology that tests for the presence of alcohol or a prohibited substance in a program participant’s system, best facilitates the ability to apply immediate sanctions for noncompliance and is available at an affordable cost. In cases of economic hardship or when a program participant is rewarded with less stringent testing requirements, testing methodologies with timely sanctions for noncompliance may be utilized.

3. The program must be evidence-based and satisfy at least two of the following requirements:

(a) The program is included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices;

(b) The program has been reported in a peer-reviewed journal as having positive effects on the primary targeted outcome; or

4. The core components of the program that generally require testing to determine the presence of alcohol in a person’s system not less than two times each day and random testing to determine the presence of a prohibited substance in a person’s system not less than two times each week must not be altered or modified.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2749)

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